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LAD  8
@ANA  3

OAK  9
SFG  7

SDP  7
@SEA  4

TEX  4
ARI  3

ATL 11
NYY  7

DET  5
@CHC  3

CIN  9
MIN  3

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TOR  1

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@PIT  3

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Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 26,264

Saturday, June 3, 2000, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:26
Royals
16
28-26
Won 1
3rd, 3 GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          2  0  2   0  0  7   0  0  5   16 18  3
Pirates         0  2  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    3  8  2
W: J Witasick (1-4), L: J Schmidt (2-5)
Pirates
3
24-29
Lost 1
3rd, 6 GB

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Damon LF                    4   2   2   1    1   0  .271  .744   18    3   0   2B
  D McCarty PH-LF             1   1   1   0    0   0  .350 1.098    6    0   0   
J Reboulet SS-3B              4   2   1   1    1   1  .372  .910   26    2   2   SF
M Sweeney 1B                  5   3   4   5    1   0  .352 1.013   21    7   1   HR
J Dye RF                      3   1   1   1    1   1  .330 1.089   20    1   0   HR
  T Dunwoody PH-RF            0   0   0   1    1   0                6    1   0   HBP
C Beltran CF                  5   1   1   2    1   1  .264  .716   22    4   1   3B,GDP
J Randa 3B                    5   1   2   1    1   0  .328  .874   24    0   3   2B
  J D'Amico P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
B Johnson C                   6   2   2   2    0   2  .225  .625   22    7   1   HR
C Febles 2B                   5   1   2   0    1   1  .272  .712   27    1   3   
J Witasick P                  2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    8    0   0   
  S Pose PH                   1   1   1   0    0   0  .273  .633    2    0   0   
  D Reichert P                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    6    1   0   GDP
  R Bottalico P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  L Ordaz PH-SS               1   1   1   0    0   0  .182  .356    2    0   0   
Totals                       43  16  18  14    8   7              210   27  11
BATTING
2B: J Randa (9, off J Schmidt); J Damon (8, off J Manzanillo).
3B: C Beltran (3, off J Schmidt).
HR: J Dye (16, off R Loiselle; 6th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF); B Johnson (4, off J Wallace; 9th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF); M Sweeney (12, off R Loiselle; 6th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to LF).
SF: J Reboulet (1, off R Loiselle).
HBP: T Dunwoody (1, by J Wallace).
TB: M Sweeney 7; B Johnson 5; J Dye 4; C Beltran 3; J Randa 3; J Damon 3; C Febles 2; S Pose; J Reboulet; D McCarty; L Ordaz.
GIDP: D Reichert (1); C Beltran (4).
RBI: M Sweeney 5 (54); B Johnson 2 (17); C Beltran 2 (24); J Randa (35); J Dye (46); T Dunwoody (1); J Reboulet (4); J Damon (25).
2-out RBI: M Sweeney 3; J Dye.
Team LOB: 10.
With RISP: 7 for 15.
FIELDING
PB: B Johnson (3).
E: J Randa (8); J Reboulet (3); M Sweeney (7).
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Morris 2B                   5   1   1   0    0   0  .250  .678   18    2   6   2B
J Kendall C                   3   0   1   0    1   0  .353  .959   16    6   0   CS
  K Osik C                    1   0   0   0    0   0  .455 1.662    2    1   0   
W Cordero LF                  3   0   0   1    2   0  .279  .814   16    3   0   
B Giles CF                    4   1   1   0    0   0  .340 1.099   18    2   0   HBP
K Young 1B                    5   1   1   0    0   1  .246  .709   17   10   0   
J Vander Wal RF               4   0   1   0    0   0  .322  .992   16    2   0   
P Meares SS                   4   0   2   1    0   1  .253  .698   12    1   3   
M Benjamin 3B                 3   0   1   0    1   1  .352  .872   21    0   1   
J Schmidt P                   2   0   0   0    0   2  .000  .050    8    0   0   
  S Sauerbeck P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  R Loiselle P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Aven PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .225  .704    2    0   0   
  J Manzanillo P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  I Cruz PH                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .100  .200    5    0   0   
  J Wallace P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Silva P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333         0   1   
Totals                       36   3   8   2    4   6              151   27  11
BATTING
2B: W Morris (8, off J Witasick).
HBP: B Giles (3, by J Witasick).
TB: P Meares 2; W Morris 2; J Vander Wal; M Benjamin; J Kendall; K Young; B Giles.
RBI: W Cordero (24); P Meares (26).
Team LOB: 11.
With RISP: 2 for 16.
FIELDING
DP: 2. P Meares-W Morris-K Young; W Morris-P Meares-K Young.
E: W Morris (7); J Vander Wal (1).
BASERUNNING
CS: J Kendall (7, 2nd base by J Witasick/B Johnson).

PITCHING

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Witasick, W (1-4)            5     5   3   2    2   3   0   6.86   23   77-45   21· 4·20    8· 5· 4· 0     48    -     1.44   0.00
D Reichert                     2     2   0   0    1   0   0   4.34    9   25-17   10· 3· 4    5· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.14   0.01
R Bottalico                    1     1   0   0    0   2   0   7.20    5   25-15   10· 2· 3    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.13   0.00
J D'Amico                      1     0   0   0    1   1   0   0.00    4   16-6     5· 1· 0    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     8   3   2    4   6   0          41  143-83   46·10·27   15· 8· 7· 0           -  
Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Schmidt, L (2-5)             5.1   7   7   7    4   6   0   5.71   26  109-64   36·13·15    6· 2· 8· 0     28    -     1.00  -0.29
S Sauerbeck                    0     2   2   2    0   0   0   4.30    2    5-5     2· 1· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          2-1    1.63  -0.10
R Loiselle                     0.2   2   2   2    0   0   2  11.25    4   10-8     4· 1· 3    1· 1· 0· 2          3-3    0.47  -0.09
J Manzanillo                   2     2   0   0    2   0   0   2.79   10   38-19   10· 3· 6    2· 4· 2· 0          0-0    0.02   0.00
J Wallace                      0.1   5   5   5    2   0   1   6.57    9   40-25   14· 3· 8    2· 0· 3· 1          0-0    0.00  -0.00
J Silva                        0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   3.98    2    8-5     3· 1· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          3-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    18  16  16    8   7   3          53  210-126  69·22·35   14· 7·13· 3          8-4 
S Sauerbeck faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: R Bottalico (2).
IBB: None.
HBP: J Witasick (3; B Giles); J Wallace (1; T Dunwoody).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Rocky Roe, 3B - Alfonso Marquez.
Time of Game: 3:26.
Attendance: 26,264.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 64° F, Wind 2mph from Left to Right, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. J Damon              LF    1. W Morris             2B 
2. J Reboulet           SS    2. J Kendall            C  
3. M Sweeney            1B    3. W Cordero            LF 
4. J Dye                RF    4. B Giles              CF 
5. C Beltran            CF    5. K Young              1B 
6. J Randa              3B    6. J Vander Wal         RF 
7. B Johnson            C     7. P Meares             SS 
8. C Febles             2B    8. M Benjamin           3B 
9. J Witasick           P     9. J Schmidt            P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   1  2-2  1--  4   18%  68% C Beltran       J Schmidt       Triple to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Sweeney Scores; Beltran Scores/Adv on E9 (throw)
   b 2   0  2-0  -2-  2  -10%  49% K Young         J Witasick      Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball); Giles Scores; Young to 2B
   t 6   1  3-4  -2-  2   10%  77% B Johnson       J Schmidt       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Randa Scores
   b 4   2  4-3  123  3   10%  63% W Morris        J Witasick      Flyball: LF
   b 4   1  4-3  123  3   10%  53% J Schmidt       J Witasick      Strikeout Looking

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Jason Schmidt facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   53%  J Damon         Walk
          1--  7   62%  J Reboulet      Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Damon to 3B
   R      1-3  4   67%  M Sweeney       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Damon Scores; Reboulet to 2B
          12-  6   73%  J Dye           Walk; Reboulet to 3B; Sweeney to 2B
   ROO    123  3   67%  C Beltran       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; Reboulet Scores; Sweeney to 3B
          --3  4   68%  J Randa         Walk
   O      1-3  4   64%  B Johnson       Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Jay Witasick facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   66%  W Morris        Flyball: LF
          ---  6   64%  J Kendall       Walk
   O      1--  1   67%  W Cordero       Lineout: CF
   O      1--  2   69%  B Giles         Kendall Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Pirates 0.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jason Schmidt facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   72%  C Febles        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   69%  J Witasick      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1   67%  J Damon         Flyball: LF
   O      1--  4   65%  J Reboulet      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Jay Witasick facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   61%  B Giles         Hit By Pitch
          1--      59%  K Young         Passed Ball; Giles to 2B
   R      -2-  2   49%  " "             Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball); Giles Scores; Young to 2B
   O      -2-  4   50%  J Vander Wal    Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Young to 3B
   R      --3  2   44%  P Meares        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Young Scores/unER
   O      1--  3   46%  M Benjamin      Groundout: 3B-1B; Meares to 2B
   O      -2-  5   50%  J Schmidt       Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Pirates 2.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Tied 2-2, Jason Schmidt facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   54%  M Sweeney       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   O      1--  4   50%  J Dye           Strikeout Swinging
   RR     1--  4   68%  C Beltran       Triple to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Sweeney Scores; Beltran Scores/Adv on E9 (throw)
   O      ---  6   67%  J Randa         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   66%  B Johnson       Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-4, Jay Witasick facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   59%  W Morris        Double to RF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  3   62%  J Kendall       Groundout: 2B-1B; Morris to 3B
   RO     --3  3   60%  W Cordero       Groundout: SS-1B; Morris Scores
   O      ---  3   62%  B Giles         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Pirates 3.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Jason Schmidt facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   59%  C Febles        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   58%  J Witasick      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  6   56%  J Damon         Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-4, Jay Witasick facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   52%  K Young         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
          1--  2   45%  J Vander Wal    Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Young to 2B
   O      12-  4   51%  P Meares        Strikeout Swinging
          12-  5   44%  M Benjamin      Walk; Young to 3B; Vander Wal to 2B
   O      123  3   53%  J Schmidt       Strikeout Looking
   O      123  3   63%  W Morris        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Royals 4, Pirates 3.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Jason Schmidt facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   61%  J Reboulet      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   59%  M Sweeney       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  8   57%  J Dye           Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-4, Jay Witasick facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   61%  J Kendall       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   63%  W Cordero       Flyball: LF
          ---  5   62%  B Giles         Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   O      1--  3   65%  K Young         Foul Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Pirates 3.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Jason Schmidt facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   63%  C Beltran       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   67%  J Randa         Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   R      -2-  2   77%  B Johnson       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Randa Scores
          1--  6   80%  C Febles        Walk; Johnson to 2B
                  Scott Sauerbeck replaces Jason Schmidt pitching and batting 9th; Scott Pose pinch hits for Jay Witasick batting 9th
          12-  2   84%  S Pose          Single (Ground Ball); Johnson to 3B; Febles to 2B
   R      123  3   90%  J Damon         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Johnson Scores; Febles to 3B; Pose to 2B
                  Rich Loiselle replaces Scott Sauerbeck pitching and batting 9th
   RO     123  2   91%  J Reboulet      Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Febles Scores; Pose to 3B
   RRR    1-3  3   98%  M Sweeney       Home Run; Pose Scores; Damon Scores
   R      ---  2   99%  J Dye           Home Run
   O      ---  3   99%  C Beltran       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  7 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-11, Dan Reichert facing 6-7-8
                  Dan Reichert replaces Scott Pose pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   98%  J Vander Wal    Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   99%  P Meares        Groundout: 3B-1B; Vander Wal to 2B
   O      -2-  1   99%  M Benjamin      Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Vander Wal out at Hm/CF-C; Benjamin to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
                  Bruce Aven pinch hits for Rich Loiselle batting 9th
   O      -2-  2  100%  B Aven          Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 11-3, Josias Manzanillo facing 6-7-8
                  Josias Manzanillo replaces Bruce Aven pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3  100%  J Randa         Reached on E4 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4  100%  B Johnson       Flyball: RF
          1--  3  100%  C Febles        Single to RF (Line Drive); Randa to 2B
   OO     12-  6   99%  D Reichert      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-11, Dan Reichert facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1  100%  W Morris        Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  4   99%  J Kendall       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
          1--  6   99%  W Cordero       Walk; Kendall to 2B
   O      12-  3   99%  B Giles         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Kendall to 3B
   O      1-3  2  100%  K Young         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 11-3, Josias Manzanillo facing 1-2-3
                  Keith Osik replaces Jason Kendall playing C batting 2nd
          ---  3  100%  J Damon         Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      -2-  4  100%  J Reboulet      Flyball: CF
          -2-  6  100%  M Sweeney       Walk
                  Todd Dunwoody pinch hits for Jermaine Dye batting 4th
          12-  5  100%  T Dunwoody      Walk; Damon to 3B; Sweeney to 2B
   O      123  1  100%  C Beltran       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      123  3  100%  J Randa         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-11, Ricky Bottalico facing 6-7-8
                  Ricky Bottalico replaces Dan Reichert pitching and batting 9th; Todd Dunwoody moves to RF
          ---  7  100%  J Vander Wal    Reached on E3 (Ground Ball)
          1--  3   99%  P Meares        Single to LF (Line Drive); Vander Wal to 2B
          12-      99%  M Benjamin      Wild Pitch; Vander Wal to 3B; Meares to 2B
   O      -23  7   99%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  Ivan Cruz pinch hits for Josias Manzanillo batting 9th
   O      -23  5  100%  I Cruz          Strikeout Looking
   O      -23  3  100%  W Morris        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Ahead 11-3, Jeff Wallace facing 7-8-9
                  Jeff Wallace replaces Ivan Cruz pitching and batting 9th
   R      ---  6  100%  B Johnson       Home Run
   O      ---  5  100%  C Febles        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Luis Ordaz pinch hits for Ricky Bottalico batting 9th
          ---  2  100%  L Ordaz         Single to RF (Line Drive)
                  David McCarty pinch hits for Johnny Damon batting 1st
          1--  6  100%  D McCarty       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Ordaz to 2B
          12-  4  100%  J Reboulet      Walk; Ordaz to 3B; McCarty to 2B
   R      123  4  100%  M Sweeney       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Ordaz Scores; McCarty to 3B; Reboulet to 2B
   R      123  1  100%  T Dunwoody      Hit By Pitch; McCarty Scores; Reboulet to 3B; Sweeney to 2B
   R      123  6  100%  C Beltran       Walk; Reboulet Scores; Sweeney to 3B; Dunwoody to 2B
   R      123  6  100%  J Randa         Single to CF (Line Drive); Sweeney Scores; Dunwoody to 3B; Beltran to 2B
                  Jose Silva replaces Jeff Wallace pitching and batting 9th
   O      123  4  100%  B Johnson       Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  4  100%  C Febles        Groundout: P-1B
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Royals 16, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-16, Jeff D'Amico facing 2-3-4
                  Jeff D'Amico replaces Joe Randa pitching and batting 6th; Jeff Reboulet moves to 3B; Luis Ordaz moves to SS; David McCarty moves to LF
   O      ---  2  100%  K Osik          Flyball: CF
          ---  4  100%  W Cordero       Walk
   O      1--  3  100%  B Giles         Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      1--  7  100%  K Young         Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 16, Pirates 3.

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